English Walks and Talks

2013 Programme

Datum

9 Tage

Dauer

12 – 16

TeilnehmerInnenzahl

English through Walks and Talks

Island Culture through Walks and Talks

Improve your English in an enjoyable way: through lessons, conversation, Celtic and archaeological walks, films, stories, lectures and discussions with people from the Island. (level of English: +/- intermediate)

English instructor: Ursula Murray

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PROGRAMMDATUM

2013

BUCHUNG

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Zusätzliche Information

Bestimmungsort	Inis Mór, Co. Galway
Sprache	Englisch

Tag 1:

Welcome at meeting point in Galway: 16.00, boattrip to Inishmore, transfer to accommodation and dinner.

Tag 2 :

Morning: Information about the Island, programme, etc., afternoon: walking the low road (seals, early monastic sites, holy wells and standing stones) with Ursula (2hrs), evening: free time.

Tag 3:

Morning: lessons: grammar and conversation (2 1/2 hrs), afternoon: free time, evening: meeting in Maggie’s Sweater Shop: about old times and the history of the Aran Jumpers.

Tag 4:

Morning: lessons, afternoon: „Walking the Celtic Way“ (rituals and holy places) with Dara O Maoildhia, visit „Poll na bPéist“ (the wormhole) and the prehistoric fort „Dun Aonghasa“ (2-3 hrs), evening: visit my neighbour, the fisher-man and basket maker Vincent Mc Cearán.

Tag 5:

Morning: lessons, afternoon: free time, evening: the art of traditional singing on the Island in the past and in the present with the renowned Sean-nós Singer Treasa Ní Mhiolláin, learn a song in English or Irish.

Tag 6:

Morning: lessons, afternoon: „The Man of Aran“, the film and the making of the film, evening: free time.

Tag 7:

Morning: lessons, afternoon: walk to „Dún Dubh Chathair“ and the soft sand dunes and wide beaches of Kileany (2-3 hrs), visit the museum in Kilronan, time for shopping, evening: music „Session“ in the local Pub.

Tag 8: day 8

12.00 boat to Galway, transfer to B+B, Galway tour with Kim and shopping time, evening: experience a traditional music „Session“ in one of Galway’s old Pub’s).